Each person, each family has certain criteria when choosing dishes.There are people who like strange bowl shapes, some people love eye -catching patterns, and some people only care about affordable prices.However, not everyone knows that in addition to the food container, aesthetics, easy to clean ... the way we choose dishes also directly affects the taste of food and human health.

There are some types of dishes that can look very beautiful, cheap but have many toxic substances.If you do not want the whole family to be "poisoned", it is best to never use the following 4 dishes:

1. Porcelain dishes

The fake porcelain bowl has the advantage of being beautiful, light weight, cheap price, diverse designs, less broken but the quality is not good.They are usually made from very poor heat -resistant melamine, so not only the function when containing food is not optimal but also easy to produce toxins.

Specifically, Melamine resins do not withstand high temperatures, when containing hot food or washing with too hot water can be decomposed and produce toxic substances such as Melamine and Formaldehyde.The body absorbed for a long time can cause poisoning, liver impairment and cancer.The World Health Organization has ranked formaldehyde as toxic chemicals for human health, which is part of the level 1 cancer group.

Some poor quality melamine bowls are even more dangerous, they use urea-formaldehyde plastic instead of melamine.This plastic is more toxic and has a higher formaldehyde release speed.They can also contain many impurities and heavy metals that are not friendly to human health.

2. Cheap stainless steel dishes

Many people like to use stainless steel bowls because they have the ability to keep heat for a long time, difficult to break, easy to clean and durable.However, this type of bowl does not have to optimize health.

Its material retains heat well but also causes burns.Stainless steel bowls are not suitable to store some highly acidic foods such as tomatoes, orange juice, lemon or strong alkalinity like baking soda.Because it is susceptible to corrosion, in addition to affecting the taste for a long time, it is also harmful to health.Especially if you use cheap stainless steel bowls, the more dangerous.

Due to specific materials, stainless steel bowls often have high cost.With cheap stainless steel bowl will be mixed with many impurities, containing many heavy metals.In the process of containing food, especially the hot dishes will be faded and absorbed into the human body.These include lead, chromium, manganese, cadmium ... too much accumulation will cause dangerous diseases.

Therefore, if you want to use stainless steel bowls from reputable facilities with tests, dedicated to food containers, not rusty and impurities.It is best to have 2 heat -resistant layers when holding, stainless steel 2 layer 304 or 316 high quality and when washing stainless steel dishes should not use a brush to beat the pot because it will be scratched.

3. Menon enamel dishes, many complex motifs

When buying dishes, many people are attracted to complex, colorful enamel patterns.Colors and motifs on the enamel bowl are prone to peeling, not only affects the aesthetics but also absorbed into the food.Many of these pigments are chemical products, heavy metals that can be greatly harmful to human health.

The glazed dishes, many complex motifs are also annoying in hygiene.In particular, due to the complex structure of the bowl, bacteria are easy to accumulate, food residues are not easy to clean.This bowl not only causes unsanitary but also can make the body susceptible to bacterial infections, especially diseases related to the digestive system.They have high aesthetics at the time but quickly become ugly.

4. Plastic dishes

It is not difficult to find a few plastic dishes in families.They are popular, easy to buy, cheap, long -lasting but not good for health and applicability is not high.They are not suitable for hot dishes, high acid or alkaline dishes.

Because plastic bowls are usually made from plastic material such as PVC, polypropylene or polyethylene ... when exposed to heat, harmful substances such as benzene, formaldehyde, xylene easily escape.These toxic substances will penetrate our food through food and drinking water and then harm the body.

The acid resistance of plastic dishes is also not good.If used to store acidic foods like lemon juice, vinegar will also cause certain harm.Not to mention, this type of bowl is short, difficult to clean grease, prone to scratches and facilitate mold and harmful bacteria.

Source and photo: Aboluowang, Family Doctor